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This thread highlights 135 international animated features from the 2010s (I know that’s a lot!). Animation is never appreciated enough, so I decided to celebrate these great works before the decade is over. Nobody asked for this list, but here it is for those interested:
1. 25 April
Dir. Leanne Pooley
2. Adama
Dir. Simon Rouby
3. Alois Nebel
Dir. Tomáš Luňák
4. Ana and Bruno
Dir. Carlos Carrera
5.  Anina
Dir. Alfredo Soderguit
6.  Another Day of Life
Dirs. Raúl de la Fuente and Damian Nenow
7.  Approved for Adoption
Dirs. Laurent Boileau and Jung
8.  O Apóstolo
Dir. Fernando Cortizo
9.  April and the Extraordinary World
Dir. Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci
10. Arjun: The Warrior Prince
Dir.Arnab Chaudhuri
11. The Art of Happiness
Dir. Alessandro Rak
12. Aunt Hilda
Dirs. Jacques-Rémy Girerd and Benoît Chieux
13. Away
Dir. Gints Zilbalodis
14. Aya of Yop City
Dirs. Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
15. The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
Dir. Lorenzo Mattotti
16. The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
Dirs. Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert
17. Big Fish & Begonia
Dirs. Xuan Liang and Chun Zhang
18. Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Dirs. Ayman Jamal and Khurram Alavi
19. Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Dirs. Alberto Vazquez and Pedro Rivero
20. Bombay Rose
Dir. Gitanjali Rao
21. The Boy and the Beast
Dir. Mamoru Hosoda
22. Boy and the World
Dir. Alê Abreu
23. The Breadwinner
Dir. Nora Twomey
24. Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Dir. Salvador Simó
25. The Case of Hana & Alice
Dir. Shunji Iwai
26. A Cat in Paris
Dirs. Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
27. Chico and Rita
Dirs. Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, and Tono Errando
28. Children of the Sea
Dir. Ayumu Watanabe
29. Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Dir. Makoto Shinkai
30. Cinderella the Cat
Dirs. Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, and Dario Sansone
31. Colorful
Dir. Keiichi Hara
32. The Congress
Dir. Ari Folman
33. Crulic: The Path to Beyond
Dir. Anca Damian
34. The Day of the Crows
Dir. Jean-Christophe Dessaint
35. Dilili in Paris
Dir. Michel Ocelot
36. Early Man
Dir. Nick Park
37. Ernest & Celestine
Dirs. Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, and Stéphane Aubier
38. Ethel & Ernest
Dir. Roger Mainwood
39. Extraordinary Tales
Dir. Raúl García
40. The Fake
Dir. Yeon Sang-ho
41. Fireworks
Dirs. Akiyuki Shinbo and Nobuyuki Takeuchi
42. From Up on Poppy Hill
Dir. Gorō Miyazaki
43. Funan
Dir. Denis Do
44. The Garden of Words
Dir. Makoto Shinkai
45. Giovanni's Island
Dir. Mizuho Nishikubo
46. The Girl Without Hands
Dir. Sébastien Laudenbach
47. Have a Nice Day
Dir. Jian Liu
48. The Illusionist
Dir. Sylvain Chomet
49. I Lost My Body
Dir. Jérémy Clapin
50. In This Corner of the World
Dir. Sunao Katabuchi
51. I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
Dir. Shin'ichirô Ushijima
52. Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Dirs. Mathias Malzieu and Stéphane Berla
53. Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Dir. Roger Allers (Tomm Moore, Bill Plympton, Nina Paley, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Joann Sfar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Paul Brizzi, Michal Socha)
54. The King of Pigs
Dir. Yeon Sang-ho
55. Kirikou and the Men and Women
Dir. Michel Ocelot
56. Klaus
Dir. Sergio Pablos
57. The Last Fiction
Dir. Ashkan Rahgozar
58. A Letter to Momo
Dir. Hiroyuki Okiura
59. A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Dirs. Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, and Benjamin Timlett
60. Lila’s Book
Dir. Marcela Rincón González
61. Little from the Fish Shop
Dir. Jan Balej
62. The Little Prince
Dir. Mark Osborne
63. Liz and the Blue Bird
Dir. Naoko Yamada
64. Long Way North
Dir. Rémi Chayé
65. Louise by the Shore
Dir. Jean-François Laguionie
66. Loving Vincent
Dirs. Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
67. Lu Over the Wall
Dir. Masaaki Yuasa
68. The Magic Mountain
Dir. Anca Damian
69. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Dir. Mari Okada
70. Marona’s Fantastic Tale
Dir. Anca Damian
71. Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
72. MFKZ
Dirs. Guillaume “Run” Renard and Shoujirou Nishimi
73. Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants
Dir. Hélène Giraud and Thomas Szabo
74. Mirai
Dir. Mamoru Hosoda
75. Miss Hokusai
Dir. Keiichi Hara
76. A Monster in Paris
Dir. Bibo Bergeron
77. Moomins on the Riviera
Dir. Xavier Picard
78. Mune: Guardian of the Moon
Dirs. Alexandre Heboyan and Benoît Philippon
79. My Life as a Zucchini
Dir. Claude Barras
80. My Mommy is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill
Dirs. Marc Boréal and Thibaut Chatel
81. Napping Princess
Dir. Kenji Kamiyama
82. Ne Zha
Dir. Yu Yang
83. No.7 Cherry Lane
Dir. Yonfan
84. The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
Dir. Masaaki Yuasa
85. Okko’s Inn
Dir. Kitaro Kosaka
86. On Happiness Road
Dir. Hsin Yin Sung
87. Pachamama
Dir. Juan Antín
88. The Painting
Dir. Jean-François Laguionie
89. Patema Inverted
Dir. Yasuhiro Yoshiura
90. Penguin Highway
Dir. Hiroyasu Ishida
91. Phantom Boy
Dirs. Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
92. Piercing I
Dir. Jian Liu
93. Pinocchio
Dir. Enzo D'Alò
94. The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Dir. Peter Lord
95. The Prince's Voyage
Dirs. Jean-François Laguionie and Xavier Picard
96. Promare
Dir. Hiroyuki Imaishi
97. The Rabbi’s Cat
Dirs. Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux
98. The Red Turtle
Dir. Michaël Dudok de Wit
99. Rezo
Dir. Leo Gabriadze
100. Ride Your Wave
Dir. Masaaki Yuasa
101. Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
Dir. Luiz Bolognesi
102. Rocks in My Pockets
Dir. Signe Baumane
103. Ruben Brandt, Collector
Dir. Milorad Krstic
104. The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow
Dir. Chang Hyung-yun
105. The Secret World of Arrietty
Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
106. Seoul Station
Dir. Yeon Sang-ho
107. Shaun the Sheep Movie
Dirs. Richard Starzak and Mark Burton
108. A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Dirs. Will Becher and Richard Phelan
109. A Silent Voice
Dir. Naoko Yamada
110. Snowtime!
Dirs. Jean-François Pouliot and François Brisson
111. Song of the Sea
Dir. Tomm Moore
112. The Suicide Shop
Dir. Patrice Leconte
113. The Swallows of Kabul
Dirs. Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
114. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Dir. Isao Takahata
115. Tales of the Night
Dir. Michel Ocelot
116. Tehran Taboo
Dir. Ali Soozandeh
117. This Magnificent Cake!
Dirs. Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels
118. Tito and the Birds
Dirs. Gustavo Steinberg, André Catoto, and Gabriel Bitar
119. The Tower
Dir. Mats Grorud
120. The Tragedy of Man
Dir. Marcell Jankovics
121. Tropical Virus
Dir. Santiago Caicedo
122. Underdogs
Dir. Juan José Campanella
123. Weathering With You
Dir. Makoto Shinkai
124. Welcome to the Space Show
Dir. Koji Masunari
125. When Marnie Was There
Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
126. White Fang
Dir. Alexandre Espigares
127. White Snake
Dirs. Amp Wong and Zhao Ji
128. Window Horses
Dir. Ann Marie Fleming
129. The Wind Rises
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
130. Wolf Children
Dir. Mamoru Hosoda
131. The Wolf House
Dir. Cristóbal León and Joaquin Cociña
132. Wrinkles
Dir. Ignacio Ferreras
133. Your Name
Dir. Makoto Shinkai
134. Zarafa
Dir. Rémi Bezançon
135. Zombillenium
Dir. Arthur de Pins and Alexis Ducord
That’s the end of this very long thread. If you love animation follow folks like @cartoonbrew, @GKIDSfilms, @ShoutFactory, @FUNimation, @AnimationIsFilm @animag @ANIMATIONWorld @animationguild @animation @BillDesowitz @amid @jerrybeck
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